torstoi
pfm Member
...ah..ok, well I think it's possible to listen to Maiden with a lesser cart than an XV-1s.
In fact I enjoyed it most on a Dual belt drive with an AT95E
and the better my cartridges became, the more painfully aware I became of the relatively poor pressings or recordings of that time.
In fact this was a time when they were heavily promoting the advantages of CD,
and I cannot help but feeling that they possibly purposefully made the CD sound quite better than the LPs at that time.
I was a bit stubborn with an 'LP only' attitude for a while, but meanwhile I do tend to pick the better sounding medium, which in case of Maiden in the 80s is imo rather surely the CD.
Metallica Ride & Master another 2 of my faves I tend to avoid as a vinyl rather..
as well as my godlike fave duo of 'Reign in Blood' & 'South of Heaven' by Slayer.
In fact I enjoyed it most on a Dual belt drive with an AT95E
and the better my cartridges became, the more painfully aware I became of the relatively poor pressings or recordings of that time.
In fact this was a time when they were heavily promoting the advantages of CD,
and I cannot help but feeling that they possibly purposefully made the CD sound quite better than the LPs at that time.
I was a bit stubborn with an 'LP only' attitude for a while, but meanwhile I do tend to pick the better sounding medium, which in case of Maiden in the 80s is imo rather surely the CD.
Metallica Ride & Master another 2 of my faves I tend to avoid as a vinyl rather..
as well as my godlike fave duo of 'Reign in Blood' & 'South of Heaven' by Slayer.